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Groupon’s Mason Is Fired
If analysts were expecting the daily deals market leader, Groupon (Nasdaq:GRPN), to show impressive results during the holiday quarter last year, they were surely disappointed. According to market research conducted by Manta prior to the holiday quarter, 82% of small businesses surveyed claimed that they had no desire of running deals during the holiday season
Fusion-io Reduces Dependency on Apple and Facebook
IDC projects that the worldwide big data technology and services market will grow 40% annually from 2010 to 2015 to reach $16.9 billion in 2015. The growth in big data is expected to be about seven times the growth of the overall information and communications technology market. Within the market, the server segment is expected
Jive’s Intense Competitive Landscape
Recently MarketsandMarkets released a report, Enterprise Social Software Market – Global Advancements, Demand Analysis and Worldwide Market Forecasts (2013-2018), to track the growth of the enterprise social software market. The report estimates that the global enterprise social software market will grow from $721.3 million last year to $6.18 billion by 2018, recording growth of 45%
HP’s Slow Turnaround
Gartner’s Q4 worldwide PC shipments report may have painted a picture of dismal performance for PC shipments, which fell 4.9% over the year to 90.3 million units, but for HP, it was still a better quarter than previous ones. After having slipped from the leading vendor position in the third quarter last year, HP regained
Online Real Estate Sector Benefits from Housing Market Improvement
Market reports confirm that the housing market in the U.S. is beginning to show signs of improvement. According to the National Association of Realtors, in January sales of existing homes grew 0.4% over December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million. The housing inventory also shrunk to its lowest since December 1999, with
Dell Goes Private to Reinvent Itself
Gartner’s worldwide PC shipment report for the final quarter of last year showed that PC shipments fell 4.9% over the year to 90.3 million units; the decrease was driven by increasing adoption of tablets. PC shipments in the U.S. fell 2.1% over the year to 17.5 million units in the quarter. The EMEA region did
Disney’s Digital Growth
According to a report by the Digital Entertainment Group, the U.S. home entertainment market grew 2.5% a year ago to $4.5 billion during the first quarter last year. The home entertainment market includes purchases, subscriptions, and rentals of DVDs, Blu-ray discs and online content. For the 12-month period, sales for the market were down 2.1%
OpenX’s Growth Story
Research firm Informa Telecoms and Media estimates that the worldwide mobile advertising market was worth $8 billion last year, and it is projected to grow to $12.8 billion during the current year. This rapid growth represents a major opportunity for platform providers as well. Here is a quick glance into the performance of one such company,